Section 10-A2002. LAND USE

 

2002.1Land use statistics for this Planning Area appear in Figure 20.1. Mid-City comprises about 1,970 acres, or about five percent of the city’s land area. 2002.1

 

2002.2Figure 20.1: Land Use Composition in Mid-City 2002.2

 

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2002.3The area is primarily residential, with row houses being the predominant house type. Only about two percent of the residential area contains single family detached housing, whereas more than 70 percent contains row houses. The remainder of the residential land, totaling almost 200 acres, consists of apartments. Parts of the Mid-City Planning Area contain row houses, flats, and high-rise apartments on the same block. This pattern has been perpetuated in part by high-density zoning, a vestige of a time when the older housing in the area was thought to be obsolete and in need of replacement. 2002.3

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2002.4The commercial areas of Mid-City tend to be laid out along neighborhood shopping streets and are frequently intermixed with housing. Major commercial areas include 18th Street, Columbia Road, 14th Street, Mount Pleasant Street, U Street, 7th Street/Georgia Avenue, and North Capitol Street. There is little space for parking or loading in these business districts, and residential neighborhoods often lie immediately adjacent. Commercial land uses amount to seven percent of the total land area, which is a larger percentage than is found in most of the city’s Planning Areas. About one percent of the land is used for industry, most on the area’s eastern edge along the CSX tracks. While the area is generally well served by commercial uses, neighborhoods on the east side lack the variety of services available on the west side. 2002.4

 

2002.5Parks and open spaces occupy just seven percent of the land area in Mid- City, and most of this acreage is associated with Rock Creek Park. The remaining parks in the area are small and are very heavily used. Other public uses in the Planning Area include schools, libraries, community centers, and fire stations. These represent about three percent of the total area. Institutional uses consist primarily of Howard University and Howard Hospital and comprise seven percent of the land area. 2002.5

 

2002.6About two percent of the Mid-City Planning Area, or about 36 acres, consists of vacant land. Much of this land is committed to future development projects, such as the DC-USA development and the Howard Town Center. Although there are scattered vacant lots, the area is almost completely built-out. 2002.6

 

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